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- ADAMS ALEXANDER B. The Eternal Quest. The story
of the great naturalists. illus. with 12 full page plates
t/out. pub. Lond. Constable 1970 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.510. Price:
$35.00
- AGOSTINI M.G. The Greyhound In Australia. illus. with 16
full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Cheshire 1969 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.136. pedigrees, and race records. Fine. Price: $50.00
- AGRICULTURE Dept. Of Vic. Bee-Keeping In Victoria. illus.
with many plates, dgms. t/out. pub. Vic. Govt. Printer 1964 or. crm.
illus. wps. roy.8vo. pp.194. Very good condition. Price: $35.00
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- ALLAN JOYCE Australian Shells. With related animals living
in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. illus. with 44 full page
plates t/out. of which 12 are col. text dwgs. by author, pub. Melb.
Georgian House 1950 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.XX.470. sl.
chipped d/w. almost fine copy. Price: $100.00
- ARCHER MICHAEL
The Kangaroo profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page &
col. Location maps pub. Sydney Mcmahons Point, Weldons Pty Ltd 1985; or. red
cloth with black lettering and coloured illus. to front board; roy.4to.
pp.264. very fine copy. Price: $45.00
- ARCHER MICHAEL Dr. Steven Cork, Suzanne J. Hand and others, Ed.
by Leonard Cronin. Koala Australia's Endearing Marsupial. illus.
with plates, maps, diagrams; pub. Sydney, Reed Books 1987 or.cl. d/w. 4to.
pp.136. Price: $40.00
- AUSTRALIAN And New Zealand Greyhound Stud Book -The
Compiled by Gavin Fitzpatrick. Volume 39 1991 illus. with text plates,
pub. Melb. The Australian and New Zealand Greyhound Association, 1991 or.
green cl. gilt. Roy.8vo pp.780. Price: $40.00
- AUSTRALIAN Animal And Birds. profusely
illus. with plates t/out. mostly full page pub. Syd. John Fairfax
& Co. (Syd. Morning Herald Publication) nd.193-?
or. b/w. & grn. illus.wps. 8vo.obl. pp.32.
fine. Price: $25.00
- BADCOCK Lt. Col. G.H. Disobedient
Dogs And Other Matters. illus. with frontis. and 11 full page
plates t/out. pub. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1933, or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.222 Dog handler's guide
with foreword by Lady Kitty Ritson. Chipped and torn d/w. else fine.
Price: $45.00
- BARR DONALD Rambler's Harvest. A Miscellany
for Nature Lovers. An anthology of prose and
verse for the bush wanderer and Nature
Lover. illus. with several line dwgs. t/pout. some full page
pub. Melb. Georgian House 1944 or. stiff card d/w. 12mo. pp.112.
fine. Price: $20.00
- BAKER W.JNO Goldfish In Australia. With a
section on Tropical Fish. illus. with col. frontis. & b/w. text plates
t/out. pub. Syd. Grahame Book Co. 1947 or.cl.
roy.8vo. pp.86. Price: $35.00
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- BANKS NOEL J.
Compiled By. The Australian
And New Zealand Greyhound Studbook. illus. with several text plates
t/out. pub. Melb. 1976 Volome 25 or.dk.grn.cl. roy.8vo. glt.
to spine & f/bd. pp.1020. some notes to f. & rear
e/papers otherwise fine. Price: $75.00 Convert Currency
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- BARKER K.F.
Just
Dogs illus. with full page drawings of dogs
accompanied by notes on their characters, (77) pub. London Country Life,
1937 First pub 1933 or. brown cloth, 4to. pp.XIV,74 A collection of drawings
- sketches in pen and pencil - of dogs the artist has met. Front board
slight water stain else very good copy. Price: $60.00
- BARKER H.M. Camels And The Outback.
illus. with frontis. & 11 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb.
Pitman & Sons 1964 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.XII.226. d/w. little worn. Price: $55.00
- BARRETT CHARLES Australian Caves
Cliffs And Waterfalls. illus. with frontis.
& 47 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Georgian House
1944 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.128. d/w. torn & chipped. Price:
$45.00
- BARRETT CHARLES Australian Nature Pictures.
illus. with frontis. & 22 full page photo plates
t/out. pub. Melb. Alexander McCubbin 1922 or.wps. 4to.
pp.60. good copy. Price: $55.00 Convert Currency
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- BARRETT CHARLES Australian Nature Pictures.
illus. with tipped -in frontis. & 32 full page tipped-in
photo plates t/out. pub. Melb. Alexander McCubbin nd. ab.
1920 or.wps. 4to. pp.74. very fine copy. Limited to 500 copies. Price:
$85.00
- BARRETT CHARLES The Weekly
Times Wild Nature Book. Melbourne Centenary
Souvenir. illus. with 80 full page col. plates of Australian birds and
animals pub. Melb. Weekly Times 1934 or.grn.illus.cl. 4to.obl.
pp.166 little spotty. Price: $55.00
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- BARRETT CHARLES The Weekly Times. Wild
Nature Book. illus. with 34 full page plates, and 22 photo plates of
Australian Animals & Birds. pub. Melb. 1931 or.col. illus.wps.
8vo. pp.96. hinges loose otherwise fine. Price: $40.00
- BARRETT CHARLES? No author noted. Similar to above.
The Weekly
Times. Wild Nature Book. illus. with 85 coloured prints of birds and
animals. 45 native; 90 supplements from the 'Wild Nature Series', pub. Melbourne The Weekly
Times, 1932 – 1934; two holes punched at pine and held stiff grey card folder 4to. pp.90.
(single sided). Very good copy. Price: $50.00
- BARRETT CHARLES Australian Nature
Wonders. illus. with frontis. & 15 full page plates
t/out. pub. Melb. Robertson & Mullens 1944 or.illus.wps. 8vo.
pp.60. sl. tear to pp.31 otherwise fine. Price: $25.00
- BARRETT CHARLES Rambles Round
The Zoo. illus. with frontis. &
43 plates pub. Melb. Whitcombe & Tombs 1923 1st
ed. or.cl. cr.8vo. pp.124. Price: $35.00
- BARRETT CHARLES Koala. The Story
of Australia's Native Bear. illus. with frontis. & 14
full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Robertson & Mullens 1937
1st.ed. or. crm. illus. stiff wps. cr.8vo. pp.32. tape mark to rear wp.
otherwise Price: $35.00
- BARRETT CHARLES Australia's Coral
Realm. Wonders of Sea, Reef, and Shore. illus. with frontis. &
14 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Robertson
& Mullens 1943 or.crm. illus.wps. pp.48.
fine. Price: $25.00
- BARRETT CHARLES Wildlife Of Australia &
New Guinea. illus. with col. frontis. & 22 full page plates t/out.
pub. Melb. Heinemann 1954 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.XII.230. very sl. chipped d/w. otherwise fine. Price: $50.00
- BARRETT CHARLES An Australian Animal
Book. illus. with frontis. & 64 full page
plates t/out. pub. Melb. Oxford Uni. Press 1955 or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.XII.326. fine in the chipped d/w. Price: $40.00 Convert Currency
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- BARRETT CHARLES Australia's
Wonder Animals. profusely illus. with
plates t/out. 5 full page pub. Melb. (Sun Nature
Book No.6) The Sun News Pictorial
nd.193-? or.illus.wps. 4to. pp.42. fine. Price: $25.00
- BARRETT CHARLES Gems Of The
Bush. Featuring Orchids, birds' Eggs, etc.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. 5 full page pub. Melb.
(Sun Nature Book No.5) The Sun News Pictorial nd.193-? or.illus.wps.
4to. pp.42. fine. Price: $25.00
- BARRETT CHARLES The Sun Zoo Book.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. 4 full page & col.
pub. Melb. (Sun Nature Book No.9) nd.193-? or.illus.wps. 4to.
pp.44. Almost fine. Price: $25.00
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- BARRETT CHARLES The Bunyip. And
other mythical monsters and legends. illus. with 24 full page
plates t/out. pub. Melb. 1946 or.bds. f'cap.4to. pp.120. bds. sl.
rubbed good copy. Price: $65.00
- BARRETT CHARLES The World's Wonder Animal.
The Platypus.
illus. with black-and-white photographic frontispiece of ' Splash ' on his fourth birthday in
captivity, 15 full page plates t/out. Photographic front cover, showing a platypus, pub.
Robertson & Mullens 1944 1st.ed. or.blk. & red wps. 12mo. pp.64. fine.
Price: $25.00
- BARRETT CHARLES A.N. BURNS Butterflies
Of Australia And New Guinea. illus. with 8 full page
plates t/out. & 10 text fig. pub. Melb. N.H. Seward 1951 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.188. fine in the chipped and worn d/w. Price:
$50.00
- BAVERSTOCK FELICITY Fraser Island. Sands Of
Time. Story of the forming of Fraser Island. illus. with col. photo
plates t/out. by Densey Clyne some full page from
the Chris Wilcox film pub. Syd. ABC 1985
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to.obl. pp.144. Price:
$25.00
- BEAUMARIS Tree Preservation
Society. Native Plants and Seaside Gardens. Local
Lore, Birds and Wildflowers. pub. Melb. 1954 or.grn.wps. 8vo.
pp.10. Price: $10.00
- BEEBE WILLIAM The Arcturus Adventure.
An Account of the New Your Zoological Society'’s First Oceanographic
Expedition. illus. with 77 photo plates in col. & maps, col. illus.
e/papers pub. N.Y. Putmam 1926 1st ed. or. dark green cl. roy.8vo. glt. ltg.
to spine and f/bd. pp.XX.440. Good copy. Price: $100.00
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- BIDDELL GREG & COL STRINGER Crocodiles
Of Australia. profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full
page & col. pub. Adventure Pub. nd.199-? or. col.illus.bds. 4to.
pp.80. Price: $25.00
- BLUNT WILFRID The Complete Naturalist.
A Life of Linnaeus. profusely illus. with plates t/out. of which 32
are full page & col. pub. Lond. Collins 1971 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.256. Price: $55.00 Convert Currency
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- BENNETT ISOBEL The Fringe Of The Sea.
illus. with 179 photo plates by F.G. Myers pub. Adel.
Rigby 1974 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.262. Price: $35.00
- BOOTH EVELYN M. All
About The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
illus. with b/w. photographs, index, pub. London, Pelham
Books, 1984, or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.174 . Fine copy.
Price: $45.00
- BRACHT WILLIAM H.
Greyhounds and Mechanical Lure Racing. illus. with 30
full page plates t/out. & tables; pub. Sydney Angus & Robertson, 1972
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.192. sl. chipped wrapper else very good copy. Price: $30.00
- BREEDEN STANLEY & KAY Australia's
South East. A natural history of Australia 2. illus. with
one map, plates t/out. some full page & col.
pub. Melb. Collins 1972 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to.
pp.256. Price: $45.00
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BRAZENOR C.W.
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The
Mammals Of Victoria. And the Dental Characteristics of
Monotremes and Australian Marsupials. illus. with col. frontis.
& numerous dwgs. t/out. pub. 1950 Melb. National Museum Of Vic. Aust.
Handbook No.1. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.126. child's colouring in (one dwg.) Price: $30.00
- BURRELL HARRY
The Platypus.
illus. with 32 full page plates t/out. pub.
Adel. Rigby 1974 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.226.
fine. Price: $35.00
- BUSTARD ROBERT Australian Sea
Turtles. Their Natural History and Conservation. with
e/paper maps & 22 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Collins 1972
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.220. Price: $35.00
- CAMERON HECTOR CHARLES Sir Joseph Banks
illus. with 10 b/w illus. pub. Sydney. 1966. Angus & Robertson. Reprint
of the 1952 original. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XX.341 Joseph Banks on his return
from the voyage of the Endeavour with Cook. fine. Price: $50.00
- CAYLEY NEVILLE W. Col. Drawings & text by
Ronald Strahan. What Mammal Is That? illus. with over 250 species in
col. pub. Syd. Cornstalk Pub. 1995 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.XXXIV.270. Price:
$55.00 Convert Currency
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CAYLEY NEVILLE W. Furred Animals Of
Australia. illus. with 25 full page plates t/out. in
col. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1946
or..dk.grn.cl. roy.8vo. pp.XXXII.376. very sl. flecked else fine. Price: $45.00
- CHISHOLM ALEC H. Nature Fantasy In
Australia. illus. with col. plate, a regional map and 80
photo plates from life pub. Lond. J.M. Dent 1932 1st.ed.
or.glt.tld. to cl. 8vo. pp.XIV.196. sl. spotty & lacking rear
e/paper. Price: $45.00
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- CHISHOLM ALEC H. (Selected by). Land
Of Wonder. The Best Australian Nature Writing. with e/paper
illus. title page vign. & 14 dwgs. by
Margaret Coen pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson
1964 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XXII.314. Price: $30.00
- CHISHOLM A.C. The Joy Of The Earth.
Autobiography. illus. with 3 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Collins
1969 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.368. Price: $35.00
- CLARKE H. EDWARDS The
Modern Greyhound. illus. with frontis.
& 22 full page plates
t/out. pub. Lond. Hutchinson's Library of
Sports and Pastimes 1947 or.grn.cl. 4to. pp.222. sl.
worn cloth, spine lettering worn,
difficult to read otherwise good. Price: $65.00
- CLYNE DENSEY
A Guide To
Australian Spiders. Their Collection and Identification. profusely illus. with
plates t/out. mostly col. text drawings; pub. Melbourne & Sydney, Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd,
1969 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.VII.168. Fine. Detailed guide and reference dealing with
Australian spiders, with instructions on collecting, identifying, and establishing a
scientifically valid collection. Price: $35.00
- CLYNE DENSEY
The Garden Jungle
illus. with colour photos, black & white sketches. pub. Sydney Collins 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
cr.4to. pp.184 . The naturalist takes a guided tour of the rich tapestry of miniature wildlife in
her own backyard. fine condition. Price: $50.00
- COGGER HAROLD G.
Reptiles
& Amphibians of Australia profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page
& col. pub. Sydney Reed Books, 1996 fifth edition with amendments; or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.796.
previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, otherwise near fine. Price: $175.00
- COLEMAN NEVILLE
Shell Collecting
In Australia. illus. with e/paper maps &
profusely illus. with photo plates t/out. some
col. pub. Syd. Reed 1976 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.176. Price: $45.00
- COMMON I.F.B.
Moths Of Australia.
illus. with 55 full page b/w. plates & 32 full page col.
plates, text dwgs. pub. Melb. M.U.P. 1990 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 4to. pp.536. The only comprehensive book to cover the enormous
diversity of Australian moths. More than 1000 of the 10,000 named
species are illustrated and there are detailed descriptions and figures
of egg, larvae, pupae and adult. All aspects of moth biology are
discussed including life history, population control, economic
significance, evolution, distribution, food plants, larval hosts and
collecting. v/fine. Price: $150.00 Convert Currency
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- COMMONWEALTH
Scientific
And Industrial
Research Organization. The Insects Of Australia.
A Textbook for Students and Research Workers. illus. with
plates, dwgs. t/out. 9 full page & col. pub.
Melb. M.U.P. 1973 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XIV.1030. &
Supplement pp.VIII.146. 2 vols. fine set in sl. rubbed and
chipped d/w's. Price: $150.00
- CONDER PAMELA
With
Wings On Their Fingers An Intimate View of the Flyong Foxwith 16 col. illus.
.& 38 drawings by author, numerous appendices and bibliography; pub. Sydney. Angus &
Robertson. 1994 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.VIII,168 Fine. Account of author's study of the social
structure of these large fruit eating bats commonly called Flying-foxes.
Price: $40.00
- COOKE TONY Exhibition
And Pet Mice illus. with 8 colour & b/w. plates
pub. Surrey; Spur Publications, 1977 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo.
pp..XII,164. Notes hand written in rear free e/paper else fine copy.
Price: $45.00
- CORBETT DAVID
Yorke Peninsula.
A Natural History. illus. with plates, maps, dgms. t/out.
pub. Adel. Dept. of Adult Education The Uni. of Adel. 1973
or.illus.wps. pp.X.212. Price: $30.00
- COTTON BERNARD C.
South
Australian Shells. illus. with 6 full page plates
t/out. pub. Adel. S.A. Museum 1946 or. grey wps. 4to. pp.14.
Price: $20.00
- COUSTEAU JACQUES-YVES PHILIPPE DIOLE
Dolphins. Undersea Discoveries of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. illus.
with 105 photo plates in col. pub. Lond. Cassell &
Co. 1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.304. Price: $35.00
- COX IAN
The Scallop.
Studies of a Shell and its influences on
humankind by eight authors. with illus. e/papers
& profusely illus. with text dwgs. full page col. plates
t/out. pub. Lond. `Shell' Transport and Trading Co. 1957 1st.ed.
or.dec.cl. 4to. pp.135. Price: $35.00
- CRONIN LEONARD
Ed. by. Dr. Archer
Michael, Stephen Cork, Suzanne hand, Stephen Phillips and
Malcolm Smith. Koala Australia's Endearing Marsupial.
illus. with col. frontis. & profusely illus. with col. plates
& maps, dgms. t/out. some full page, pub. Syd.
Reed 1987 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.136. Price: $30.00
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- CURREY J.E.B.
Reflections On The Colony
Of New South Wales. By George Caley Explorer and Natural
History Collector for Sir Joseph Banks. Ed. By J.b. Currey. illus. with
e/paper maps & text map pub. Melb. Lansdowne Press 1966 1st.ed. or.
cl. d/w. 8vo. pp. XVI.240. Price: $45.00
- D'ABRERA BERNARD
Butterflies Of
The Australian Region. illus. with col. plates
t/out. some full page pub. Melb. Lansdowne 1971 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. super roy.4to. pp.416. fine in the sl. torn d/w.
Price: $300.00
- D'ABRERA BERNARD
Butterflies Of The
Oriental Region. III. profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full
page & col. pub. Melb. Hill House 1986
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.XVI.136. little
scuffed to top of pages, else fine. Price: $400.00 Convert Currency
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- DAKIN W.J. -
Australian Seashores. A
guide for the beach-lover, the naturalist, the
shore fisherman, and the student. illus.
with frontis. & 99 full page plates t/out. some col. pub. Syd.
Angus & Robertson 1960 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.372. Price: $40.00
- DALZIEL HUGH
The Greyhound; Its History, Points, Breeding, Rearing, Training and
Running illus. with chromolithograph colour frontispiece. pub. London: L
Upcott Gill, 18871st.ed. From the Monographs on British Dogs Series. orig.
dark green cl, black and gilt stamped picture boards 8vo. pp.VIII.88. 8 advts.
Fine copy. Price: $150.00
- DARWIN CHARLES
On The Structure And
Distribution Of Coral Reefs. Also, geological observations on the
volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of
the H.M.S. Beagle. illus. with portrait, maps, some folding, plates and
numerous illustrations; pub. London, Ward, Lock & Co., n.d. c.1900
original decorated red cloth 8vo. pp.XVI.560.6. fine copy. Price: $95.00
- DENLINGER MILO G.
The
Complete Pekingese. illus. with text plates t/out. genealogy chart. pub. Denlinger.
Maryland 1949 or. purple cl. gilt. Acetate d/w. roy.8vo. pp.132. A history of the breed, outline
of the points of the well-bred dog, grooming, etc. Very good copy. Price: $45.00
- DENLINGER, MILO G. The Complete Dachshund. illus. with drawings by Edwin Megargee,
and text plates t/out. pub. Denlinger. Richmond VA. 1954 3rd
ed. or.cl. gilt. roy.8vo. pp.144,4 with list of champions. Very good
copy. Price: $40.00
- DEWAR DOUGLAS and Frank Finn The Making
Of The Species with 14 plates, black and white illustrations pub. London:
Lane/The Bodley Head, 1909 or. red cl. glt. to spine and front bd. 8vo
pp.XIX.400,16 advts, Slightly faded to spine else very good copy.
Price: $70.00
- DOMM STEVEN
Corals
Of The Great Barrier Reef profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page
& col. pub. Sydney Ure Smith 1976 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.128. Under-water photographs of corals on
Australia's Great Barrier Reef, supported with authoritative text on coral classifications,
biology, and coral reef ecology. Fine. Price: $30.00
- EADIE ROBERT
The Platypus Its Life
And Habits. With sidelights on `Splash'
the tame platypus. Australia's Amazing Animal.
illus. with frontis. & 18 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb.
Stillwell & Stephens 1935 1st.ed. or. crm. & sepia tinted
pict. Boards pp.78.ex lib. fine. Price: $85.00 Convert Currency
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- EDWARDS HUGH
Crocodile
Attack In Australia. profusely illus. with
plates t/out. many col. pub. Syd. Swan Pub. 1988
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.192 Price: $40.00
- EDWARDS HUGH
Crocodile Attack.
Dramatic true stories of fatal and near-fatal
encounters between humans and
crocodiles. Foreword by Paul Hogan illus. with 16 full page plates
t/out. pub. N.Y. Harper & Row 1989 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.240. Price: $40.00
- EMMEL THOMAS C
. Butterflies.
Their World, Their Life Cycle, Their
Behaviour. illus. with 120 full page col.
plates t/out. pub. Lond. Thames & Hudson
1976 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.160. Price: $50.00
- EMMENS C. W.
Keeping
And Breeding Aquarium Fishes. illus. with b/w. photo plates and line-drawn
illustrations throughout; pub. New York Academic Press 1953 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.202. Slight chip
lower spine of d/w. otherwise fine. Care and breeding of fish cold-water, goldfish and tropicals.
Price: $25.00
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- DOBROTWORSKY N.V
. The Mosquitoes Of
Victoria. illus. with e/paper maps and many line dwgs.
t/out. pub. Melb. M.U.P. 1965 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.238.
Price: $45.00
- ELLIOTT NEM The
Complete Alsation Edited and Revised By Percy Elliott illus. with seven
drawings by the author and 125 photographs pub. London: Kaye & Ward, 1974
revised edition or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.286 . German British and American titled
dogs, fold-out pedigrees/ chipped d/w. else fine. Price: $40.00
- ELLIS ROSS,
Bungonia Caves. Lindsay
Hawkins, Robert Hawkins, Julia James, Gregory Middleton, Benjamin Nurse,
Gleniss Wellings. Editorial committee. illus. with many plates, maps
t/out. pub. Syd. The Sydney Speleological Society 1972 1st ed. or. black
& orange bds. cr.4to. pp.XII.230 map in pocket at rear. Price:
$45.00
- FINNEY C.M.
To Sail Beyond The Sunset.
Natural History in Australia 1699-1829. profusely illus. with plates
t/out. some full page & col. pub. Adel. Rigby 1984 1st ed. or.cl.
d/w. 4to. pp.206. very fine copy. Price: $50.00
- FLANNERY
Australia's Vanishing Mammals.
Endangered and Extinct Native Species. profusely
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